Reel Breakdown

Shot #1
Time: 00:00:06 - 00:00:10

Spot realized for Vodafone Italy.

What I've done:
- Modeling of some parts of the astronauts.

- Texturing.

- Rigging.

- Pipeline tools to export geometry data from Maya to Lightwave.

Software: Maya, Lightwave, Photoshop.

Online references: www.ray-t.net/voda_page.html

Shot #2
Time: 00:00:10 - 00:00:14
00:00:54 - 00:00:59

Short film, internal product for Animantis S.r.l.

What I've done:
Design and development of a feather simulator.
Thousands of feathers were easily animated interpolating a few control objects placed along the bird's body.

Software: XSI.

Online references:
www.ray-t.net/tricky_page.html
http://www.xsi-blog.com/?p=33


Shot #3
Time: 00:00:14 - 00:00:18

Animatable pivot.

What I've done:
An animatable foot pivot rig.

A small interface is responsable of animating and editing the pivot.

Software: XSI.

Online references:
www.ray-t.net/tools_page.html

Shot #4
Time: 00:00:18 - 00:00:28

Muscle deformation test.

What I've done:
A deformer designed to react to geometry compression.

Usefull for simulating skin wrinkles and muscles.

Software: XSI.


Shot #5
Time: 00:00:28 - 00:00:36

Stroke custom manipulator.

What I've done:
Custom manipulators are not supported in XSI by default, this plug-in uses some low-level windows API to "steal" the mouse from XSI and use openGL to trace object coordinates in screen space.

Software: XSI.

Online references:
http://www.xsi-blog.com/?p=55

Shot #6
Time: 00:00:36 - 00:00:39

Short film, internal product for Animantis S.r.l.

What I've done:
Pipeline tools to export animation data from XSI to Lightwave.


Software: XSI, Lightwave.


Shot #7
Time: 00:00:39 - 00:00:45

Lionhead's rigging tool.

What I've done:
A procedural rigging tool currently used in Lionhead Studios to develop, rig and animate characters.

Software: XSI.

Shot #8
Time: 00:00:45 - 00:00:47

Lionhead's motion capture tool.

What I've done:
A suite of tools to import, retarget and modify mocap data.

Software: XSI.


Shot #9
Time: 00:00:47 - 00:00:50

Cloth simulator.

What I've done:
A cloth simulator driven by bones.

Software: XSI.

Shot #10
Time: 00:00:50 - 00:00:54

Timeline.

What I've done:
A timeline to replace XSI's built in one.

Software: XSI.